No one knew whether "borrow" meant what they thought it did, but they still followed the plan and went their separate ways.
Xu Huo, Meng Wenguang, and Feng Hui were headed to Little Star Company, which was on 16th Street. In terms of the number of streets between them, it was one street farther than 6th Street, where City Hall was located. However, the Time Tower stood directly above Pumpkin City, near the edge of the city. Since Little Star Company was a little farther down the map, the travel time to either destination should be about the same.
With Space Teleport Artifacts restricted, they chose to cross over the rooftops. But after passing 13th and 14th Streets, Xu Huo suddenly stopped on top of a building and asked the others, "Do you feel anything?"
"What do you mean?" Feng Hui asked, puzzled.
"That electric tingle whenever we cross a street." At first, Xu Huo had thought he was imagining it. By the time they reached 14th Street, he had confirmed that every crossing brought a sensation of tiny points sweeping over his whole body. It was different from passing through a barrier. It didn't feel like entering a different space, but rather like a subtle sense of something slipping away.
He had checked the time twice without thinking, but his timer showed no noticeable change.
"An electric tingle?" Meng Wenguang seriously scanned the area with his instrument. "Nothing's changed."
Xu Huo said no more. He hadn't spotted any other players nearby, either. Perhaps the sensation was caused by something else that had to do with the Time Power here, but this wasn't the time to investigate.
The three of them kept their movements as concealed as possible and reached 16th Street in the shortest time they could. Along the